In April, 2008 I posted about how TinyURL is a very bad idea. One of my reasons for it being a bad idea:
If you don’t give the proper URL, I can’t tell:
- Whether it’s a link to some likely spam/other hostile site
The phishing scam seen on Twitter is exactly this – sending people obfuscated URLs then hoping they don’t notice the actual domain when they open them. Working, too.
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